Stress and Resilience Workshop

6th-8th September 2019, Warwick University

Last date for residential bookings

Friday, 30 August 2019

Price£330.00

Description

Modern life challenges our ability to cope, thrive and flourish, and as a result stress has become a pressing concern for many people. Recent evidence shows that a substantial proportion of university students experience particularly high levels of stress.

This lively weekend workshop will use an engaging “hands-on” approach to focus on the nature, causes and effects of stress and to explore a broad range of coping skills and resilience-building strategies. Using practical workshops and mini-lectures, the course will examine biological, psychological and social aspects of stress, and will draw on the field of positive psychology as well as a number of traditional stress and resilience theories. Participants will be shown how to develop a personal action plan for enhancing their resilience and broadening their skills for coping with both long-term stress and critical stressful incidents (using “psychological first aid”).

We recognise that many OU psychology students have a “day job” that involves supporting other people who are experiencing stress. The workshop will therefore consider how participants can help both themselves and other people not only to survive stressful situations but also to thrive and flourish in their personal, academic and work contexts

Topics discussed will include:

The BioPsychoSocial Nature of Stress

Tools for the Coping Toolbox

Stress & Resilience in the Workplace

Thriving – not just surviving

Psychological First Aid in Crisis

Everyday Mindfulness

And it's not all hard work! The workshop is being held in parallel with other psychology courses so there is plenty of opportunity, should you wish, to meet with others and to chat about all the other aspects of life as OU students, with social events on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Tutors

Jim Handley is a BPS Chartered, HCPC Registered Occupational Psychologist who uses psychology to solve real world problems, with a focus on psychological well-being, resilience and behaviour change. He has a wealth of professional experience designing and delivering stress management and resilience programs for public and private sector organisations and, as an Open University tutor for more than twenty years, has a deep understanding of the particular challenges facing OU students. Jim has a well-deserved reputation for accessible, informative and entertaining presentations.

Neil Frude has been a tutor with OUPS for over 20 years. He is a consultant clinical psychologist, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and an Honorary Professor in Cardiff University and the University of South Wales. Neil was recently given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the BPS. He has also performed as a stand-up comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, most recently in his 2017 show “The Future of Desire”. In his clinical practice he helps many people affected by stress generated by their work environment and by other aspects of their life circumstances.

What's included ?

Costs are fully inclusive of all accommodation, meals, tuition, handouts and also include social events. Please note that all meals are still included in the non-residential option.

What to expect

The lectures are conducted in lecture theatres within the University campus, and you will be provided with a timetable of talks and lecture notes on arrival.

If you book the residential package then you will have a room in student halls complete with bedding, towels, a hairdryer, coffee making facilities and desk. Wifi is also included. Ensuite rooms include a bathroom with toilet and shower while standard rooms share toilet and shower facilities on the same floor.

There are welcome drinks and also a psychology book stall, and these are both excellent places to meet other students. All students and staff wear name badges, so it is easy to find somebody to help if you have any questions. You can enjoy your meals with a group of students in the comfortable dining room. The food is fresh, healthy buffet style catering, and there is something to entice everyone. All meals are included in the price of the weekend.

Finally, whilst most students leave exhausted from the learning and socialising, they comment that it is such a worthwhile weekend, and we see many of them each year as they progress their studies!

Warwick is an award winning conference venue with excellent facilities. Access to the sports facilities, including the swimming pool, are included in the price. The university's central location with excellent transport links makes it easily accessible from all over the UK and Europe. There is ample free car parking.

Printed material

Please note that this is a paperless event.

To be more environmentally friendly and to help manage our prices we will email any relevant handouts to all registered attendees, either in advance so that those who need printed versions have plenty of time to organise these, or shortly after the event if the tutor has decided that this is more appropriate for their lecture. These are for attendees' personal use and may not be shared.

We'd like to thank our tutors for working to ensure that their presentations do not contain material to which they do not have copyright and for making them available in this way. And in advance, we'd like to thank all of you who support us in actively contributing toward a paperless environment and saving a few trees along the way !

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